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KLINE, PAUL RUFUS. Born: Oct. 7, 1903 in Nehama County, Kansas. Son of B. F. and Minnie E. Kline. Licensed (1946) and ordained to the ministry (1947) by the Hanover Church. Has served in the non- salaried ministry. Married: Edith L. Kline, of Montour County, Pa. Children: Loretta L. and Margaret E. Kline.
KRALL, CYRUS BOMBERGER. Born: Sept. 5, 1913 in Lebanon County, Pa. Son of Jacob A. and Lizzie Bomberger Krall. Education: Cornwall High School, Elizabethtown College (1934) and Temple University (M. Ed, 1939). Completed residency for a doctoral degree. Licensed (1934) and ordained (1936) by the Midway congregation. Ordained to Eldership at Newville, December, 1944. Served in nonsalaried ministry at Midway congregation (1934-1943). Part-time pastor at Newville Church (1943-1954), part-time pastor at the Maiden Creek congrega- tion (1954-1966), interim-pastor at Quakertown (1966-1967) and part-
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time pastor at Mingo congregation (1967- ). Married: Arlene Mae Shearer of Lebanon County, Pa. Children: Lorraine Faye, Dorothy Anne and Louise Mae Krall.
KRAPE, JOHN EDGAR. Born: July 17, 1919 in York, Pa Son of John Adam and Eliza Alverta Krape. Education: High School and the Three Year Reading Course. Civilian Public Service assignments (1942-1946). Licensed (1952) and ordained (1953) at the New Fairview congregation. Ordained to the eldership (1966). Part-time minister at the West York Church (1967-1969). Married: Louise Ilyes of York, Pa. Children: John David and Thomas Michael Krape.
KULP, PHILIP M. Born: Oct. 29, 1929 at Lassa, Nigeria. Son of H. Stover and Christina Masterton Kulp. Education: Hillcrest School, Jos, Nigeria; Juniata College (B.A., 1952); Bethany Biblical Seminary; Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, Pa. (B.D., 1958); Shippens- burg State College (M. Ed., 1962) and is a Ph.D. candidate at the American Univ. Licensed (1950) and ordained (1952) at the Stone Church, Huntingdon, Pa. Advanced to the eldership at Ridge congre- gation (1961). Pastorates: Thurmont, Md. (1954-1958), part-time pas- tor at Fairfield, Pa. (1954-1956), Ridge Church (1961-1962). Educa- tional missionary to Nigeria where he served as teacher in the Waka Schools (1958-1965). Was vice-principal and principal of the secondary school in West Africa. Received commendation from the Foreign Mis- sion Commission of the Church of the Brethren for his missionary ser- vices (1966). Assistant professor of social science at Shippensburg State College (1965- ). One of five Brethren in a Consultation of the Historic Peace Churches (1972). Borough councilman at Waynes- boro, Pa. (1968-1975). Married: Mary Ann Moyer of Waynesboro, Pa. (1953). Children: Helen Christina, Tanya Marie, Naomi Herr (de- ceased) and Diana Elizabeth Kulp.
LEFEVER, ERNEST W. Born: Nov. 12, 1919, at York, Pa. Son of Calvin A. and Katie Roth Lefever. Education: York High School (1937), Elizabethtown College (A.B., 1942), Yale Univ. (B.D., 1945; Ph.D., 1956). Licensed (1941) and ordained to the ministry at the York First Church. Brethren Service staff member in Europe (1945-1948) ;
traveled widely in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America. Consul- tant to the International Affairs Program of the Ford Foundation (1960) and spent six weeks in Germany studying foreign policy. Member of President Kennedy's Arms Control Task Force (1961). Participated in arms control conferences in Switzerland, Norway, Great Britain, Canada and the United States. Taught political science at the Univ. of Mary- land; head of Foreign Affairs Division of the Library of Congress; lec- turer at many colleges and universities. Senior fellow on the Foreign Policy Studies staff at the Brookings' Institution in Washington, D.C. Married: Margaret Briggs of Marathon, Iowa. Children: David and Bryce Lefever.
LEFEVER, GRACE IRENE. Born: Dec. 12, 1922 at York, Pa. Daughter of Chauncey F. and Ida S. Trimmer. Education: York High School (1941), Kutztown State Teachers College (B.S., 1946). Brethren Volunteer Service worker in Fresno, California; assistant director and crafts instructor of Brethren Volunteer Service (1953-1955). Active in District Peace Education, Women's Fellowship and camp activities. Married Harold R. Lefever (1955). Children: Bart, Evan, Willa, Dan Alan and Nancy Irene Lefever.
LEHIGH, DAVID WEAVER. Born: Dec. 12, 1908 in Huntingdon, Twp., Adams County, Pa. Son of Samuel M. and Martha Weaver Lehigh. Licensed (1941) and ordained to the ministry in the Pleasant Hill
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Church. Served in the nonsalaried ministry. Advanced to the eldership (1950). Married: Florence Ruth Lucabaugh of Adams County. Chil- dren: Daniel Grant, Kathleen Dawn, John Milton, and Mary Elizabeth Lehigh. Adopted son: John Russell Lehigh.
LEHMAN, MURRAY PIUS. Born: April 16, 1914 at York, Pa. Son of Paul A. and Grace M. Lehman. Education: York High School (1932). Bible courses at Elizabethtown College. Licensed and ordained (1947) to the Christian ministry by the New Fairview congregation. Modera- tor of the Southern District, member of the Southern District Board, member of the Children's Aid Society, and moderator of the New Fairview and Belvidere congregations. Married: Mary Ellen Chronister (1937). Children: Nancy Mae, Philip Murray and David Eugene Lehman.
LEMMON, PAUL ALLISON. Born: Dec. 18, 1905 at Penn Run, Pa. Son of Allison Lemmon and Alice Theresa Paul Lemmon. Education: At- tended Bucknell Univ. (1945-1947). Licensed (1940) and ordained (1942) in the Purchase Line Church of the Manor congregation. Served as supply pastor in Western Pennsylvania in the Greensburg and Pitts- burgh areas (1938-1944) and a member of the Mckeesport Church in its beginning years. Supply pastor of the Augusta Baptist Church near Sunbury, Pa. Married Leta Irene Wise of Indiana County, Pa. Chil- dren: Marian Louise, Richard Lee, Howard Ross, Beverly Jean and Kathleen Dawn Lemmon.
LENHARR, PRUDENCE BETH. Born: May 10, 1946 at Waynesboro, Pa. Daughter of Dr. Joseph Harold and Sara Lavinia Conner Engle. Education: Waynesboro Area Sr. High School (1964), Wittenberg Univ., Springfield, Ohio (1964-1965), Juniata College (B.A., 1968), and Eastern Mennonite Seminary at Harrisonburg, Virginia (1971-1972). Brethren Volunteer Service worker (1968-1970) and Peace Education fieldworker for Brethren Action Movement in Indiana. Peace fieldworker for Southern District of Pennsylvania (1972). Married: Paul David Lenharr of Waynesboro, Pa. (1970).
LISKEY, PERRY B. Born: March 21, 1905 at Fort Defiance, Va. Son of Charles Edward and Lethe Ann Beckone Liskey. Education: Eliza- bethtown College and Bethany Summer Extension Courses for a quarter of a century. Licensed (1943) and ordained (1944) at Annville Church and served in the nonsalaried ministry (1943-1951). Pastorates: Shamokin Church (1951-1956), Cherry Lane Church (1956-1962), Carson Valley Church (1962-1970) and Ridge Church (1970- ). Active as an evangelist. Assisted in inaugurating the Mount Wilson Church of the Brethren in Eastern Pennsylvania. Married: Edith E. Hartman, Grottoes, Va. Children: Perry Lee, Elizabeth Ann, Nelson Charles and Fern Romaine Liskey.
LONG, JOSEPH M. Born: Oct. 29, 1928 at Lebanon, Pa. Son of Henry F. and Frances G. Long. Education: Hershey High School (1946), Hershey Junior College (1948), Elizabethtown College (B.A., 1950) and Bethany Biblical Seminary (B.D., 1953). Licensed (1948) and ordained (1950) by the Hershey and the Palmyra congregations respectively. Pastorate: Chambersburg Church (1953-1959). Director of Youth Work for the General Brotherhood Board (1959-1964), Executive Secretary for the Tri-District of Pennsylvania (1964-1970), Executive Secretary of the Atlantic Northeast District (1970-1971). Director of Volunteer Services for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Seeks to reintegrate parolee into society. Married: Mildred A. Groff of Palmyra, Pa. Chil- dren: Timothy J. and Patricia A. Long.
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LOWE, JOHN WILLIAM JR. Born: May 6, 1944 at Hanover, Pa. Son of John William and Katherine Kline Lowe. Education: Eichelberger High School (1962), Juniata College (1966), Bethany Theological Semi- nary (1971). Pastorates: Summer pastor at Madison Avenue, York, Pa. (1968). Advanced to full ministry by Hanover Church (1971). Drexel Hill Church (1971-1972); Director of Youth Work at the Green Tree Church at Oaks, Pa. (1972- ). Married: Pamela Kay Brubaker of Ohio.
LUDWICK, RONALD E. Born: July 26, 1949 at Sellersville, Pa. Son of Blondell and Ethel Ludwick. Education: High school (1967) and Mes- siah College at Grantham (B.A., 1971). Pastor of the Shippensburg Church of the Brethren (1971- ). Married: Peggy Good of the Pleasant View congregation (1972).
MARKEY, LESTER MICHAEL. Born: April 16, 1906 at York, Pa. Son of Michael and Alverta Glatfelter Markey. Licensed (1951) and or- dained to the eldership (1962) by the New Fairview congregation. Served in the nonsalaried ministry at the New Fairview congregation. Married: Grace Mae Wilcox of York County. Children: Lester M. Jr., Belvin L., and Betty S. Markey. Mrs. Markey is deceased.
MARKEY, ROGER EUGENE. Born: September 30, 1910 in Springfield Twp., York County. Son of Charles P. and Gertrude Markey. Licensed (1945) and ordained (1947) at the New Fairview congregation. Served in the nonsalaried ministry of the New Fairview congregation (1945- 1959) and as part-time pastor of the Knobsville Church (1959- ). Married: Anna N. Miller of North Codorus Twp., York County.
MARKEY, WALTER EMANUEL JR. Born: Dec. 27, 1927 in York County, Pa. Son of Walter E. and Emma Krout Markey. Member of the Codorus Church of the Brethren. Education: Drexel College (B.S., 1962), Drexel University (M.S., 1965), with emphasis on civil and environmental engineering. Served in Alternative Service work (1954- 1956), member of the Camp Eder Committee. Pollution Control Engi- neer in York, Pa. Married: Rebecca Elizabeth Petre. Daughter: Monique Ann Markey.
MARKLEY, STELLA. Born: Oct. 28, 1888 in Conewago Twp., Dauphin County, Pa. Daughter of Aaron H. and Elizabeth Witmer Hoffer. Education: Elizabethtown Academy (1907). Licensed (1930) at the Lost Creek congregation and installed on January 1, 1941. Married: John A. Buffenmyer (1907). Children: John, Ruth, Mark, Naomi, Luke and James Buffenmyer. John Buffenmyer died in 1943. Stella Buffen- myer married Harvey B. Markley of Lexington, Pa. (1950).
MARTIN, CHARLES RAYMOND. Born July 17, 1926 at Mercersburg, Pa. Son of Amos P. and Annie Shelly Martin. Licensed (1955) and ordained to the ministry at the Back Creek congregation. Has served in the non- salaried ministry. Married: Hilda L. Niswander of Greencastle, Pa. Children: Shirley L., Dwaine C., Terry L., and James A. Martin.
MARTIN, HAROLD S. Born Aug. 7, 1930 in Lancaster County, Pa. Son of Noah W. and Helen W. Martin. Education: Ephrata High School (1948), Millersville State College (B.S., 1952); Western Maryland Col- lege (M.Ed., 1956) and Messiah College (1962). Licensed and ordained at the Pleasant Hill congregation. Serves in the nonsalaried ministry
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and devotes much time to evangelistic work (1952- £ ). Member of the District Board (1964-1970), Standing Committee member (1965, 1966) member of District History Committee. Frequent contributor to The Gospel Messenger, Evangelical Visitor, Bible Monitor, and Sword and Trumpet. Has published a volume, Sermons on Eternal Themes. Active in Brethren Revival Fellowship and has served as chairman of the committee (1967- ). Participated in several Annual Conference Study Committees (1967-1968, 1971-1972). Made a tour of Israel, Greece and other Middle East countries (1972). Married: Priscilla Ann Miller of York, Pa. Children: Stephen, Stanley, Sherwood, Christine, Del- phine and Berdene Martin.
MARTIN, KENNETH CHARLES JR. Born: July 22, 1935 at Shippens- burg, Pa. Son of Kenneth C. and Ann Margaret Gontz Martin. Edu- cation: Shippensburg High School (1954), Elizabethtown College (1958) and Bethany Theological Seminary (1961). Licensed (1953) and or- dained (1961) to the ministry by the Shippensburg Church. Pastorates: Lewistown, Pa. (1961-1966) and Easton, Md. (1966- ). Married: Marion Alberta Gilchrist of Pennsauken, N.J. Children: Janet Eliza- beth, Carl Kenneth and Sharon Elizabeth Martin.
MASIMORE, EARL FRANKLIN. Born: June 15, 1920 at York, Pa. Son of Chester S. and Jennie M. Taylor Masimore. Deacon of the Second Church of the Brethren. Member of the Children's Aid Society. Mar- ried: Katherine S. Pfaltzgraff of York, Pa. Children: Patricia (Paules) and Anne Louise Masimore.
MAY, BETTY MARIE. Born: June 20, 1923 at York, Pa. Daughter of William G. and Lillian Hunt Spangler. Member of the Madison Avenue Church of the Brethren. Active in District Women's Work (1966- ) and chairman of the District Adult Cabinet. Married: George William May of Dover, Pa. (1960).
MAYS, MORLEY J. Born: Dec. 13, 1911 at Johnstown, Pa. Son of W. O. and Essie Oaks Mays. Education: Ferndale High School in Johnstown (1928), Juniata College (A.B., 1932), Univ. of Pittsburgh (A.M., 1936), University of Virginia (Ph.D., 1949). Bethany Theologi- cal Seminary award him an honorary D.D. degree in 1968. Ordained (1942) to the ministry in the Bridgewater Church, Va. and advanced to the eldership (1949) at Woodbury congregation. Secretary to the Annual Conference (1963-1967), Annual Conference moderator (1969), moderator of Middle District of Pennsylvania and chairman of the District Board for Middle Pa. Member of committee which prepared The Brethren Hymnal (1951). Wrote the Preface to this hymnal. Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bethany Theological Seminary. Dean and Vice-President of Juniata College (1948-1966) and President of Elizabethtown College (1966- ). Frequent contributor to The Gospel Messenger, the Leader, The Christian Century and Brethren Life and Thought. Married: Lucinda Miller of Baltimore, Md. Chil- dren: Elizabeth Louise (Shawver) and Randall Morley Mays.
McCLAIN, DARRYL GENE. Born: Dec. 22, 1938 at Waynesboro, Pa. Son of George and Kathryn Snowberger McClain. Served seven years as the associate pastor of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Hagers- town, Md. Licensed (1970) to the ministry in the Antietam congre- gation. In 1972, resigned from his ministry in the Church of the Brethren. Married: Linda Irene Wingert of Fort Gordon, Georgia. Children: Debra, Mark, Shawn, Joel and Jason McClain.
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McWILLIAMS, RICHARD LEGRANDE. Born: Oct. 1, 1924 at Seitz- land, York County, Pa. Son of Elwood C. and Virtie Ness McWilliams. Licensed (1961) and ordained (1965) to the ministry in the Pleasant View congregation. Served in nonsalaried ministry of the Pleasant View Church. Married: Lois Elizabeth Grim of Felton, Pa. Children: Gary LeGrande, Jay Richard, Ted Owen and Crystal Kay McWilliams.
MELHORN, J. JACK. Born: in York County, Pa. on Feb. 10, 1921. Son of Bertus J. and Phebe King Melhorn. Education: William Penn Sr. High School (1939), Elizabethtown College (A.B., 1944), Yale Univ. Divinity School (M. Div. 1947), Univ. of Southern California (M.A., 1956, Ph.D., 1967). Licensed (1941) and ordained (1942) to the ministry at York First Church. Student assistant pastor at Elizabethtown (1944). Chaplain of the Norwalk State Hospital (1946). Assistant minister at La Verne congregation (1948) and interim-pastor at Covina, California (1956). Professor of sociology and director of admissions at La Verne College (1947-1965); president of McPherson College (1965- 1972). Listed in "Outstanding Educators of America". Elizabethtown College honored him with the L.L.D. degree and the Univ. of California awarded the Bogardus Research Award to him. Active in church, camp, district, evangelistic work. Married: Mary Woody of Oakland, Cali- fornia (1948). Children: John Mark, Linda Mary and Kent Edward.
MENSCH, MERVYN W. Born: Aug. 21, 1896 at Milheim, Pa. Son of William and Mary P. Arnold Mensch. High School (1914). Licensed (1918) and ordained (1933) at the Buffalo congregation. Pastorates: Buffalo Church (1942-1955); Sugar Valley (1962-1967). Moderator of Sugar Valley Church. Married: Martha A. Schwenk of Loganton, Pa. Daughter: Ada Vivian Mensch.
MEYERS, SAMUEL A. Born: Somerset County, Pa. on June 9, 1887. Son of Joseph W. and Elizabeth Miller Meyers. Public school teacher. Licensed (1911) and ordained (1913) at the Middle Creek congregation of Western Pennsylvania. Ordained to the eldership in 1918. Served as moderator of the Dry Run congregation (1958-1964) and as pastor to this church (1959-1964). Moderator of many other congregations be- tween 1917 and 1964. Married: Mary M. Walker of Brotherton con- gregation (1910). Mrs. Meyers died in an automobile accident (1953). Married: Edna Martin Madeira (1954). Mrs. Edna Meyers died of cancer (1959). Married: Anna Miller Witmer (1960) of Harrisburg, Pa.
MILLER, DANIEL FRED. Born: July 2, 1928 in Adams County, Pa. Son of Paul E. and Dora Neikirk Miller. Farmer and truck driver. Deacon in the Pleasant Hill congregation. Licensed (1962) to preach by the Pleasant Hill Church. Married: Esther L. Miller. Children: Herbert, Leon (deceased), Lester, Larry and Katrina.
MILLER, DONALD EUGENE. Born: Jan. 14, 1924 in Franklin County, Pa. Son of Paul E. and Dora Neikirk Miller. Licensed (1951) and ordained (1952) to the ministry in the Upper Conewago congregation. Ordained to the eldership in the Antietam congregation (1959). Served in Civilian Public Service assignments (1943-1946). Active as evan- gelist, member of the Southern District Board and assistant moderator of the Southern District. Served as Standing Committee member of the Southern District. Married: E. Grace Boyer of York County, Pa. Children: Carol V., Joyce E., Lois M., Rosalie M., Linda G., William D., Daniel E., and John H. Miller.
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MILLER, HAROLD EUGENE. Born: Jan. 4, 1932 at Harrisburg, Pa. Son of Charles F. and Daisy Diehl Miller. Licensed (1960) by the Upper Marsh Creek congregation. Withdrew from the Church of the Brethren in 1972. Married: Eleanor E. Stonesifer of Carroll County, Md. (1956). Children: Harold E. Jr., and Barbara S. Miller.
MILLER, HENRY EDWARD. Born: April 11, 1907 at Brodbecks, Pa. Son of Chester F. and Amy Hamme Miller. Served in the nonsalaried ministry at the Black Rock Church (1938-1960) and as co-minister at the Shrewsbury congregation (1960- ). Member of the Southern District Board, member of the Brethren Home Board and member of the District Nominating and Personnel Committee. Married: Mary E. Wildasin of Brodbecks, Pa. Children: Geraldine, Esther and Dale Miller.
MILLER, JACOB LEANDER. Born: Sept. 10, 1901 in Jackson Twp., York, Pa. Son of Howard R. and Catherine Krape Miller. Died on Nov. 3, 1971. Licensed (1936) and ordained (1937) to the ministry in the New Fairview congregation. Served in nonsalaried ministry at New Fairview and as an evangelist at many places in the brotherhood. Di- rector of the brotherhood fund (1947-1970), member of the Southern District Board (1958-1966, 1968-1971), moderator of the Southern Dis- trict (1965) and member of the Annual Conference Standing Commit- tee (1948, 1958). Member of the original District Brethren Service Committee (1946-1950), member of the District Ministerial Committee (1947-1957), member of the District Nominating Committee (1953- 1956), and Trustee of Elizabethtown College (1947-1965). Married: Ada V. Markey of York Township, York County, Pa. Children: John D., H. Roger, David L. (deceased), Ruth E. (Godfrey) and Jacob L. Miller Jr.
MILLER, JOHN D. Born: Nov. 22, 1923 in York County, Pa. Son of Jacob L. and Ada Markey Miller. Education: York High School (1942) and credits at Elizabethtown College. Licensed (1951) and ordained (1954) in the New Fairview congregation. Advanced to the eldership (1961). Served in nonsalaried ministry of the congregation. Married: Betty L. Strickler (1943). Children: Judy Ann, Gloria Jean, John D. Jr. David Eugene and Andrew Jacob Miller.
MILLER, ROY KEENY. Born: Oct. 20, 1901 at Lineboro, Md. Died on Jan. 6, 1965. Education: Elizabethtown Academy (1924), Elizabethtown and Blue Ridge Colleges, home study courses from Bethany Biblical Seminary. Licensed (1925) and ordained (1926) to the Christian min- istry. Ordained an elder (1933). Pastorates: Beaver Creek (1925-1927), Enders. Nebraska (1928-1930), Keyser, West Virginia (1930-1934), Juni- ata Park (1934-1936), Brownsville, Md. (1936-1944), and Marsh Creek congregation (1944-1948).
MILLIKEN, HARRY LESLIE. Born: Sept. 4, 1931. Son of Thomas Edgar and Violet Zwingwitt Kirk Milliken. Sunday School teacher and superintendent at Tuscarora congregation. Licensed (1964) to the ministry at Tuscarora Church. Withdrew from the denomination. Mar- ried: Mary Lou Burd (1953). Children: Lou Ann, Robert and Thomas Milliken.
MISCHITZ, HELEN MARIE (Tritt). Born: April 10, 1922 in Cumberland County, Pa. Daughter of Albert Clair and Elnora March Tritt. Educa-
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tion: High School (1943), Jefferson Medical School of Nursing (1946) and graduate work (1948). Brethren Volunteer Service work in Ger- many and Austria (1951-1954) and Director of the Brethren Service Commission Health Program for Refugees in Upper Austria. Married: John Mischitz of Klein St., Nikolous, Rumania. Son: Ronald Alan Mischitz.
MITCHELL, FLOYD H. Born: Aug. 29, 1924 at Boones Mill, Va. Son of Z. E. Mitchell and Martha Ikenberry Mitchell. Education: Bridge- water College (B.A., 1944) and Bethany Theological Seminary (B.D., 1947). Licensed and ordained in the Antioch Church, Virginia. Pas- torates: Middle River, Va. (1947-1952), Martinsburg, West Va. (1952- 1955), Easton, Md. (1955-1961), Martinsburg, Pa. (1961-1971) and Chambersburg, Pa. (1971- ). Member of the General Brotherhood Board and member of Board of Directors of Bethany Theological Semi- nary. Married: Kathleen Hull of Westminster, Md. Children: Wayne, Glenn and Mark.
MOYER, RALPH ZIEGLER. Born: Dec. 23, 1933 at Souderton, Pa. Son of Richard Bechtel and Beulah Groff Ziegler Moyer. Education: Souderton High School (1951), Elizabethtown College (A.B., 1956) and Bethany Biblical Seminary (B.D., 1962). Licensed and ordained in the Indian Creek congregation. Pastorates: Koontz Church (1959), Roan- oke, Oak Grove Church (1962-1969) and First Church of the Brethren (1969- ) as Director of Special Ministries. Served in Alternative Service (1956-1958). Married: Anette Irene Royer (1956). Children: Mindy Jo, Stephen Kent and Stephanie Renee Moyer.
MUCK, HARRY CLIFFORD. Born: May 17, 1890 at Harmony, Md. Son of Charles W. and Rebecca Harshman Muck. Ordained to the ministry at the Prices' Church in 1926. Has served in the nonsalaried ministry. Married: Nannie Edith Palmer of Wolfsville, Md. Children: Mary (Buchanan), Charles, Earl, Ruth and May Muck.
MUMMERT, DANIEL W. Born: June 24, 1886 in York County, Pa. Son of Moses and Mary Hoover Mummert. Licensed by the Black Rock congregation and ordained to the ministry in the same congregation. Served in the nonsalaried ministry in the Pleasant Hill Church. Married: Anna Baugher of Codorus Twp. in York County.
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MUMMERT, JOHN RONALD. Born: Nov. 9, 1941 at East Berlin, Pa. Son of Roy H. and Edith Lines Mummert. Educa- tion: West York High School (1959), Elizabethtown College (1963), Bethany Theological Seminary (B.D., 1966), Miami University in Oxford, Ohio (M. Ed., 1972). Licensed (1957) and ordain- ed (1966) to the ministry in the Madison Avenue Church. Pastorates: Everett, Pa. (1964, 1965), North Solomon Church, Kansas (1963), assistant pastor of Trot- wood, Ohio (1966-1968) and pastor of Middletown, Ohio Church (1968- ). Married: Constance Louise Sorrell of Middletown, Ohio.
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MYERS, BEATRICE MARIE. Born: Aug. 28, 1918 in Springfield Twp., York County. Daughter of Jacob E. and Mary Brillhart Myers. Education: Han- over High School (1936), Elizabethtown College (A.B., 1940) and Teachers' Col- lege of Columbia Univ. Graduate work at Western Maryland, Montclair State and Lebanon Valley College. Member of Hanover Church. Assistant moderator of congregation (1963-1969) and mem- ber of the church board and church building committee. Member of the Southern District Board and active in camping work.
MYERS, GARNET HAWBAKER. Born: March 6, 1941 at Chambersburg, Pa. Son of Cornelius G. and Edna Hawbaker Myers. Graduate of St. Thomas Town- ship Jr .- Sr. High School (1959). Li- Beatrice M. Myers censed (1967) and ordained (1971) by the Back Creek congregation. Has serv- ed nonsalaried ministry. Married: Catherine L. Meyers of Mercersburg, Pa. Children: Dorinda Lynne and Charlene Rhea Myers.
MYERS, ROY CALVIN. Born: May 13, 1922 at Altoona, Pa. Son of Sher- man Luther and Leela E. Day Myers. Graduate of Altoona High School. Licensed (1952) and ordained (1958) by the Sugar Run Church and the First Church of the Brethren in Altoona respectively. Pastor- ates: Ardenheim (1952-1956), Juniata Park (1956-1967) and Second Church of the Brethren (1967- ). Married: Pearl Irene Morgan of Huntingdon County, Pa. Children: Stella Irene, Kenneth Eugene, Don- ald Lee and Duane Leroy Myers.
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